The Northshore Concert Band Announces a Return to Live Music

The Northshore Concert Band announces a return to live music with

CELEBRATE! Live Music with Northshore Concert Band, a free outdoor concert on Sunday, June 20, 2021, at 3 pm in Wilmette, Illinois at the Wallace Bowl outdoor theater in Gillson Park.

CELEBRATE! Live Music with Northshore Concert Band will mark their first in-person show in over a year. The 100+ members of this internationally known wind music ensemble are thrilled to be able to reconnect with the live music community. As elated as music lovers will surely be at this news, nobody is more thrilled than the musicians themselves. “I’m incredibly excited to get to share our music with an audience”, said Artistic Director Dr. Mallory Thompson.

The Northshore Concert Band first performed in Gillson Park Tuesday,
August 19, 1958, and has returned 114 times over the band’s 65-year history.

The program’s musical selection may include:

ALTON A. ADAMS Virgin Islands March* (arr. James Lamb)

GORDON JACOB Selections from William Byrd Suite

PIERRE LAPLANTE In the Forest of the King *

RALPH VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS Sea Songs

LUIGI ZANINELLI Lagan Love

ALTON A. ADAMS The Governor’s Own March* (arr. James Lamb)

DAVID DEL TREDICI “Acrostic Song” from Final Alice (arr. Mark Spede)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH - Fugue à la Gigue* (arr. Gustav Holst)

ROBERT E. JAGER Third Suite

JOHNNIE VINSON Echoes of the Hollow Square

PERCY GRAINGER Selections from Lincolnshire Posy (arr. Tim Higgins)

Some of these works or arrangements will be performed for the very first time by NCB and are denoted by an “*”.

Founded in 1956, Northshore Concert Band is internationally known and respected for its musical excellence, leadership in community music, and commitment to music education. The band’s musical leadership is provided by Dr. Mallory Thompson, Artistic Director, and Daniel Farris, Assistant Conductor.

When COVID-19 canceled the second half of their 2019-2020 Season they formulated a plan to return to safely making music in person. They were able to return to outdoor rehearsals in Fall 2020. Several virtual concerts were created through recordings made during these rehearsals at The Grove National Historic Landmark in Glenview, IL. When in-person rehearsals ceased in November 2020, Tyler Holstrom, NCB clarinetist, partnered with NCB tubist Kevin Baldwin, to create “NCB Replay” — a limited series of archival concert footage, presented free of charge on their social media pages. “I dusted off the video hard drive from Kevin,” said Holstrom, “and started sifting through the concert videos, made a list of every available piece of music, and started to piece together themed programs.”

All the 2020-2021 Northshore Concert Band virtual concerts can be viewed on their YouTube channel.

Celebrate! Live Music with Northshore Concert Band is on Sunday June 20, 2021, at 3:00 PM CST at Gillson Park in Wilmette, Illinois. This concert is free of charge; however, donations are greatly appreciated. Audience members are encouraged to bring your own seating and asked to follow the city of Wilmette’s health and safety guidelines for social distancing and mask wearing.